Sue Hawley

I never took formal writing lessons so my teachers often come from unexpected places.

I love my routines and this quarantine is messing with those. Maybe that's a good thing.

Have you ever just keep putting off doing something? And then something else comes along and you can't ignore it any longer? That's my life.

I get caught in dark thoughts sometimes but it makes the bright spots stand out even more.

Not every person you know ends up becoming a character in a book. Sometimes it's the ones you never meet that spark the most imagination.

Writing is putting words on a page... and sometimes taking them off again. Editing is the process of finding which words are worth keeping.

Spending time thinking about my characters made me wonder, just who are they really?

"Write what you know" is great advice but what's the value in doing that? Here's some thoughts.

I'm not one for New Year's resolutions but this year something happened to change my mind.

As I’ve stated before--writing a book is the easy part of being an author. Selling is where the rubber hits the road. Doing this requires co

Every writer faces writer’s block at some point for various reasons. Ideas refuse to materialize, family issues consume emotional and...

Taking the time to write something by hand seems old fashioned but does that mean it's unnecessary?

How do writers do it? And what makes them keep doing it?

In our past, people paid for free speech with their lives. In some areas of the world people are still paying that price.

You need to meet this guy. He's the best friend everyone needs in their life, even if he lives in the pages of a book.

Pawns can become Queens in the hands of a master storyteller.

Reading has been a huge part of my life forever. I can’t remember a time I didn’t have a book next to my bed and beside my chair in the...